| State: | MN |
| Type: | MN |
| Route: | 66 |
| Map Custom: | yes |
| Map Notes: | MN 66 highlighted in red |
| Established: | 1963 |
| Decommissioned: | June 30, 2016 |
| Length Mi: | 12.059 |
| Section: | 115 |
| Subsection: | 187 |
| Direction A: | South |
| Terminus A: | near Good Thunder |
| Direction B: | North |
| Terminus B: | at Mankato |
| Previous Type: | MN |
| Previous Route: | 65 |
| Next Type: | MN |
| Next Route: | 67 |
Minnesota State Highway 66 (MN 66) was a highway in south-central Minnesota, which ran from its intersection with Blue Earth County Roads 1 and 10 near Good Thunder and continued north to its northern terminus at its interchange with U.S. Highway 169 / State Highway 60 in the city of Mankato. The highway is currently known as Blue Earth County Road 1 (CSAH 1).
Highway 66 was 12miles in length.
Highway 66 served as a north - south route between Mankato and Good Thunder in south-central Minnesota, although it did not actually enter the latter city.[1]
Highway 66 followed Carney Avenue in the city of Mankato.
The route passed near the town of Skyline, adjacent to Mankato.
Highway 66 crossed the Le Sueur River, south of Mankato.
The route paralleled the Maple River near Good Thunder.
The highway was legally defined as Legislative Route 256 in the Minnesota Statutes.[2] It was not marked with this number.
Highway 66 was created in 1963. It was originally numbered State Highway 256 from 1949 to 1963. The route was removed from statute in 2013;[3] on June 30, 2016, Highway 66 was removed from the state highway system, becoming an extension of CSAH 1.[4] [5]
Paving (while marked 256) on the route began in 1948 and was completed in 1950.[6]